Before the fans arrive, regular Memphians can be found dusting their photos of the King, filling jukeboxes with his 45s, and stocking extra bananas for that oh-so special PBB.

Matter-of-fact, any Memphian worth her weight in gold even has an Elvis story to share: for example, Elvis drove a truck and once gave my friend a ride home to Como, Mississippi after he brokedown on the interstate.

Needless to say, with every sucessful Elvis Week comes "I knew Elvis" books. Fredric Koeppel, entertainment reporter for the Commercial Appeal, compiled them for the Sunday editionand I thought I would pass them along

FYI

Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business by Sonny West

Elvis Straight Up by Joe Esposito

Aloha, Elvis by Jerry Hopkins

Photo by Mike Brown/The CA

The Commercial Appeal photo caption~ August 13, 2007

Elvis impersonators Steve Rosati (left) and Keshav Patel, who both happened to have traveled to Memphis from Montreal, Canada, sing a karaoke duet at the Elvis Expo 2007 held at the Memphis Cook Convention Center through Tuesday. "These are the best kind of people in the world, Elvis fans and Elvis impersonators," Patel said.